Al Kenders
| Al Kenders | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: April 4, 1937 Barrington, New Jersey | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 14, 1961, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 25, 1961, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .174 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1 | ||
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Albert Daniel George Kenders (born April 4, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player. A catcher, he played for eight seasons (1956–1963) in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system, with a ten-game, 23-at bat Major League trial for the 1961 Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) as an active player.
In 1961, Kenders started four games at catcher for the Phillies after a mid-season recall from the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. In his second game, he recorded his first MLB hit, a single off pitcher Jack Curtis of the Chicago Cubs.[1] He would notch only three more hits during his Major League service, with the only extra-base blow, a double, coming off future Baseball Hall of Fame southpaw Warren Spahn on August 20, 1961.[2]
He batted .259 with 33 home runs in 655 minor league games.[3]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference